The Tour de France has finally kicked off.
Thousands of enthusiastic fans and riders gathered in Florence ahead
of the first stage of the 111th edition of the
race.
An estimated 800,000 fans were expected in the Italian city
for the Grand Depart,
the first time that Italy has hosted the start of
the world's most famous cycle race.
The riders finished the first stage in Rimini with Slovenia's
Today Pogacha the favorite to win.
It would be his third Tour,
ahead of the defending champion Jonas Vinegar.
Conferenced.
Double. Double.
However, remain over vinegar fitness.
He was hospitalized for nearly two weeks in Spain in
April following a high speed crash in the tour of
the Basque Country.
He sustained a broken collarbone and ribs and a collapsed
lung.